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Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1887-04-02

the railway companies fought 1t bitter.
l., but now the railroad question is no
longer g Banqno's ghost that will not
dDwn-it is settled. 1t cos the state
Sl2, 900 20 fight ths railroads through
the courts until Chief Justice Waite
affirmed the legality OF the law. Since
then the legal expenses of the COM
missioners have not averaged a thou
sand dollars a year. As we now have
Chief Justice Waite's opinion on re-
cord, without cost, Missouri will escape
that expense. AS to railroad prosperi-
ty under the law we have Illinois ex-
perience 10 guide Us. In 1871, when
the law was first adopted, that state
had $3.50 miles of railroad. To-day
it has 9,444 u.iles, an increase of 5,7l4
miles, which is more than the entire
railroad mileage of Missouri. Out OF
the ftty-four railway companies in that
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-06-09
CANOE BUILDING,
How Graceful Birches and Canvas Sui
stitutes Are Made in Maine.

How Graceful Birohes and Canvas SUBJ
stitutes Are Made in Maine.
The canoe has become so popular a
craft among sportsmen and tourists,
even indispensable to the former class,
that the building of this light and
graceful boat has grown to be quite an
industry in Maine, especially on the
Penobscot river. Time was when the
big birch trees were to be found close
to the water ali along Penobscot and
clear, straight cedar was near at hand
and plentiful, so that the materials for
canoe were easily obtained. Nova
days the birches are from twenty to
one hundred miles distant from the
up-river towns, back in the dense for
ests, and two suitable trees are seldom
found within sight of each other, while
the cedar is also more remote and
scarce. All bark for canoes comes
from the white birch trees outer thick
ness. In winter its inner side has a
reddish brown coat, but in summer it
is smooth and yellow. The winter
peeled bark is preferable for canoes
because it is tougher, and because, also,
of the opportunity for ornamentation
of the craft afforded by its brown coat,
on which variousdesigns, such as deer s
heads, arrows, ETC., may be easily
traced.
The canoe builder fells white birch
which is at least one foot in diameter
at distance of eighteen feet from the
base. allowing it to fall across some
small logs to keep it from the ground,
and then strips off its outer coat. The
bark must be warmed-toasted. as il
were-before it can be Strengthened out
and rolled up in its proper shape fol
transportation. The bark and cedar
are carried out of the woods in boat:
or canoes when the streams are open
otherwise on ''toat sled. When the
builder is ready for work he drive:
stakes into the ground, and thus form,
frame the shape CT his canoe. Their
the bark, after more toasting, i!
smoothed out and fitted to the frame
after which the gunwales, strips o
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-06-09
One Dollar Per Year.
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

There are only five ex-Governors of
Pennsylvania living: Pollock, Curtin,
Hartranft, Hoyt and Pattison. Boston
Budget.
Electrical science is enriching the
language in jawbreaking manner.
"Telegastograph' is the latest con-
tribution.
According to the Pail Mall Gazette
Mark Twain's income from royalties
from his English publishers is over
FL. 900 or S., 900 year.
Prof Max Muller, judged by his
titles, is probably the most distin-
guished man in England to-day. He
has more than forty honorary suf1ixes
to his name, but he does not use all OF
them in his ordinary correspondence.
Chicago Herald
Jacob Groniger, of Juniata Coun-
ty, Pa, has sixteen living children,
eighty-six living grandchildren and
sixty living great-grandchildren. He
has had in all one hundred and ninety
two descendants, several in each gen.
Grafton being dead.
Queen Margaret, of Italy. has col
lected large Hebrew library, with the
latest works on Jewish literature. She
is remarkably proficient in Hebrew,
having had capable Jewish instruc-
tors, and reads the Old Testament
with ease. - Cincinnati Times.
The high literature of Japan is in
the Chinese language, due to the in
PRODUCTION to Japan 1900 years ago of
four books by Chinese author highly
esteemed by the Japanese. The
japanese women, however, continued
to write in pure Japanese, and have
thus preserved what would otherwise
have been lost.-Philadelphia Press.
OF the three daughters whom
Longfellow immortalized in that beau
tiful poem, "The Twilight Hour, !"
Alice alone remains unmarried. She
lives in the old "Craigie House" at
Cambridge with her bachelor uncle,
Rev. Samuel Longfellow. Edith Long
fellow married Richard H. Dana.
Anna Allegro Longfellow, the young
est daughter, about two years ago mar
ried Joseph G. Thorpe, Jr., young
Boston lawyer and brother of Mrs. Ole
Bull.
The Selma (Ala) Times says that
Colonel John G. Harvey, now in his
eighty-fifth year, has been editor Of
the Greensboro (Ala.) Beacon for pc
Rod not less, it thinks, than fifty
years. He is graduate of West
Point, and 1--WE doubt" adds the
Times, ''if he can recall any line that
he has written during so many long
years of editorial service that he did
not believe when he wrote it. He has
been always model gentleman"
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-06-09
TIE JEWS OF RUSSIA.
A Race In Whose Faces Are Written I'll
Wrongs Described by Historians

A Race In Whose Faces Are Written the
Wrongs Described by Historians
When Russian sees three men with
gaunt faces, long priestly coats dang
ling at their heels, and a lock of hair
hanging over each ear, he says; More
Government spies,
These Polish Jews should not be con-
founded with the thrifty Jews of
America. They are another class of
people. Their features, their manners,
the cut of their hair, and the fashion of
their clothing are different from what
one is accustomed to see in New York.
The number of blends among them is
surprisingly large. They seidom travel
alone, but in companies roam the plains
of Russia and Poland, ever talking,
ever restless; watched, feared and
hated, and they in turn. ever watching,
ever hating, are never afraid, yet dis
trust ever turks in their finely chseled
faces. The general opinion expressed
by the Russian is that while Polish
Jews are spies by nature, they have re-
markahle gifts for business, and that
when one of them is so fortunate as to
get considerable sum of money and
embark in wheat speculations, he
speedily grows rich, gathers his clan
nish friends about him, forms a colossal
combination, through which, if not
prevented by oppression or legalized
conspiracy on the part of his jealous
neighbors, he in time is able to control
the business of his neighborhood. 1t
is not until one has seen these Polish
Jews, watched their strangely express
sive faces, and studied their peculiar
character, that he appreciates that they
are direct descendants of the Jews OF
history, who for ages suffered unspeak-
able outrages. The wrongs described
by historians are plainly written in their
faces, and as they glide noiselessly
along the streets, with restless coun-
tenances, one feels suspicious in spite
of himself. Many of these people are
undoubtedly obnoxious. have seen a
weary woman struggle through the
crowd at a railway station to get water
for her little ones, when priestly-
looking dervish snatched the cup from
her hand and drank the water with the
manners of a beast. Why these vel.
low-haired wanderers always travel in
squads of three, no one explains. They
swarm the country. The eruelties Of
centuries have given them ferocious
hunted look, and made them as brutal
as animals, vet their intellect lift;
them above their oppressors, who cal
them ''spies. "-Rdlph Mceker. in Har
| Der's Magazine
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-06-09

clear, stripped cedar, are put in place,
and the top edges of the bark secured to
them by means of copper nails. Next
the whole inside of the birch is lined
with lengthwise strips of thin-shaved
cedar, after which about fifty cedar
timbers are "sprung" into place over
them, the timber heads being secured
under the gunwales. All cuts made in
the bark in bringing it into the required
shape and forming the ends of the
canoe are sewn up with cane threads
and gummed over with a paste COM
posed of resin and oil. Ash thwarts,
very narrow, are put in, strips of can
vas glued over the ends of the canoe
where the two sides of the bark sheet
meet, and the graceful craft is done.
Paddles are shaved from poplar, maple
and ash. If the canoe is meant for
deep water, where there is likely to be
a sea, she is built rather deep; if for
shoal water, such as trout fishers re-
quire, she is made very fiat. A good
canoe will hold four men and carry
them safely, il properly handled.
About ten years ago canvas began to
be used in place of bark as a material
for canoes, and great many of this
description are now made in Bangor
They are covered with thick coat of
paint to make them water-tight, and
are lighter, fully as cheap, but not so
symmetrical as birch. The duck for
an ordinary eighteenfoot canoe costs
six dollars, and generally requires q
seam, being too narrow for single
breadth covering. The only tools re-
quired by either white man or Indian
making canoes, are knife with curved
| blade, an awl, drawshave and hammer.
The Indian often has only the knife.
The red man is not so neat a builder as
some whites, but he is the best Of all
navigators of the birch. Canoes of both
kinds and all shapes and sizes are all
the rage at the summer resorts. being
popular among the dudes, because it
requires very little strength to propel
them at rapid rate. They are also
pretty to look at, and are safe enough
in careful or experienced hands. Can
vas viii never entirely supersede birch
for canoes, for the latter bends very
gracefully, and is a more romantic ma
terial than duck. -BdnqOr (Me.) Cor.
~ Y Sun.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-06-09
Somewhat Primitive Costumes.

We came opposite Setna Kroo about
ten a. m. The cannon was fired, the
whistle blown, and soon two canoes
were seen coming out in the bay past
the rocks. The ship halted until several
canoes and one larger boat came along
side and took the colored passengers
and baggage to be landed. Several
came on board, some wearing hats, some
shirts, some loin cloths, and many were
entirely nude. One had ivory bracelets,
necklace and tattoo marks, but was
naked. We stopped often along this
shore to take on negroes who were going
to Loanda and other points, some to
work on railroads. Their wardrobes
were very scanty. One man had hat
on, pipe in his mouth, and string
around his waist. One quite intelligent
looking negro had on a snuff-colored
hat, a blue flannel coat, loin cloth, a
string around his waist on which silver
coins and two teeth (perhsps lion's)
and red scarf to which was fastened
sheath of rawhide, containing long
sword-hke knife with heavy blade,
twenty inches or more in length. Many
have well-formed heads. are intelligent
looking, and seem active and strong
african Cor. BANGOR MICA Reflector.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-06-09
WHERE THE TROUBLE is.
A Topic of Domestic Dispute Which, Lilk
All Others, Has Two Sides.


"Oh, how little we foolish women
know what we are booming ourselves
to when we unite ourselves in we'd
lock-" sighed Mrs Nagger the other
day, when her husband suggested that
a little more economy might not be a
bad thing. "Here I've been toiling
and Shaving all my life trying to skimp
and save, and here you are always
preaching economy. l could have
married half dozen rich men, too.
It's my opinion that no man has a
right to get married until he has a
home to which to take wife. p"
''You think he ought to have a home
first, do youp'
Eyes, do. Before he gets the bird
he ought to have the cage all ready
WELL" snarled Mr.. N. II don't see
it that way"
"Of course you don't, Men never
do. They think it's only woman's
place to work her life away for them. "
mo. they don't" he snapped out.
That amt where the trouble is. But
before man goes to blowing himself
on cages and things he'll find out
whether he's got canary bird to put
into it, or darned old poll parrot
that nd chatter the life out of him if he
got her board and lodging in the apart
ments of Queen Victoria Merchant
Tra5,eler
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-06-09
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

"A japanese church of forty-two
members has been organized at San
Francisco.
"A man in Lima, Peru, has left
$500, 900 to establish school in New
York City for the education of poor
girls.
The admission of colored students
to Chattanooga University (Methodist)
has been finally and definitely settled
in the negative.
The late Henry Schonewald, Of
Cleveland, o., member Of German
Luthern Church, bequeathed his estate,
valued at $4,000, to the Lutheran
Church.
The Christian Brothers have paid
500, 900 for the Albany State Normal
School, which has been thoroughly
overhauled. Rev. Brother Alexander
is director.
BY plan of penny a day" col
lections the ladies of the Methodist
Episcopal Church at Saratoga Springs
raised during the past year the sum OF
81, $50 on the debt of the church.
The first Christian church in the
Congo Free State was organized on No
vember 21, 1886. There are now 1862
converts in the Congo Mission. A
large iron chapel is to be built there.
"A. j. Drexel, Philadelphia's mill
ionaire banker, has built Greek tenn
pie of exquisitely-caved white Italian
marble to be used as mausoleum.
The floor is seven feet thick. Chicago
Herald
The largest Evangelical Church in
the Republic of Mexico is the Presby-
terian Church in Zacatecas, which has
nine hundred members. They have
bought fine Catholic Church at great
cost, and are advancing rapidly
Christian at Work.
"A students society has just been
organized in connection with the New
West School and Church at Ogden, U.
T. 1t starts off with eighteen active
and six associate members. The pas
tor, Rev. A. j. Bailey, and the teach
ers are honorary members.
The surprising fact is noted that
while the Wesleyan Church in Great
Britain had but 1870 ministers, it had
24,579 lay class-leaders and 1909 ac-
credited local preachers last year, SC
that the greatest part of its pastoral
and preaching works done by laymen.
Boys as well as girls are becoming
skilled in cooking in one of the in
dustrial schools of the American
Female Guardian Society. The les
sons are printed on cards, which the
children receive one by one at the
close of successive exercises, and
forming useful set OF receipts at the
the end of the course.-N Y Ledger
The adopted daughter of the late
William Fl. Seward has promised tt
give to the art gallery of the Uni
versity of California, at Berkeley, tn,
original painting by Leutze of hi
well-known picture, Westward thu
Course of Empire Takes its Way
which hangs in the Capitol at Wash
ington. The university has another
of Leutze's works, Washington a
Monmouth" presented by Mrs. MARI
Hopkins.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-06-09
A PREDlcAMENT.

Alas a sorry lot is mine
I'm deep in love with one
Whose eyes are bright as stars that shine
When sets the beaming sun.
Idream OF her at noon and night.
am her worshiper,
And yet, such is my woeful plight.
1dare not tell it her.
I've conned the pages of romance
To see how heroes WOO:
They always seem to find chance
And know just what to do
Alack-a-day! am not versed
In arts of rhetoric;
In all the parts that I've rehearsed
I'm awkward as stick.
My voice is oft inclined to break.
And If, upon my knees,
1said: 'rll die for your sweet sake"
fear I'd fail to please.
Had a word with Romeo
Perhaps he might unfold
Some way to guard against her mo-"
And still not mention gold
The poets sing OF ''loye divine"
In numbers shori and long;
This does not suit 2 case like mine
fig for every song
Will some successful lover not
Q'm sure there are fewD
Have pity on my mournful lot
And tell me what to dor
-Ciintoh Scotland, In Detroit Free Press
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-06-09

can obtain a license for digging upon
Crown lands, no check upon their OPP
erations is possible, and those who en-
ploy them are no doubt liable to
robbery; but in Burman, by the Gov
eminent lease to the Ruby syndicate,
the work will be conducted in sys-
tematic manner under the close SUI
pervision of skilled Europeans. AS in
the operation of misunderstanding.
which was shown in the South Amer
lean Court at the Colonial Exhibition,
the washing and sorting will be carried
on by means of machinery within an
inclosed structure, protected from pur-
Joining by outsiders in most effec-
tual manner, whilst all digging will be
confined to one or two selected spots
and interdicted elsewhere.
A good deal is heard of the un-
healthiness of the Ruby district, a
fact which is explained by the density
of the jungle surrounding the Dig
gings, and by the level nature of the
country, affording such limited
means of escape for the rainfall,
which, at certain seasons, accumulates
on the ground, rendering it impossible
for work to be carried on in the pits,
and causing malaria, which engenders
feverish attacks. These low lands are,
however, in nearly all cases surround
ed, at reasonable distance, by hills,
ON which habitations for Europeans
may be erected above the reach
of malarious influences. Nothing
is yet known as to the nature
of the Burmese miners rights
derived from Theebaw's ministers;
whatsoever they may be, Il way will
have to be found of rcconciling them
with the concession recently made by
the Indian authorities to the Ruby SYN
dictate, at the head of which is Mr..
Streeter the diamond merchant of Bond
street, whose son accompanied the
British expedition in Upper Burmah.
1t is probable that compromise may
be effected with the native workers;
but as regards the Burmese and Shan
merchants, in whose hands profitable
traffic in gems has remained from time
immemorial, it may be more d cult to
reconcile their interests with those of the
European syndicate, who will natur-
ally desire to retain The business in
rubies in their own hands.
In the same localities in Burmah are
found the oriental amethyst, the orien-
tai sapphire, the green, the white and
the yellow sapphire, the star ruby, the
oriental ruby and the opalescent ruby
the three rubies differing in the
shades and ranges of color Ordinary
rubies are worth, when English cut
from four to ten pounds carat When
less than half carat in weight. Above
that weight, they vary according tc
quality from twenty to ore hundred
pounds carat, 1t is believed that tn,
largest known ruby in existence is one
forming portion of the Russian crow
jewels, said to have come from China
The deposed King of Burmah is re
ported to possess a ruby of the size o.
pigeons egg, the weight and value
of which are unknown. - Chambers
| ,TOuyndL
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-06-09
HUMOROUS.

Cinnamon in our Eastern cities are
so frequently stoned by the hoodlums
that they can never be prevailed upon
to sing Brock Me to Sleep"
-"What is more surprising than a
snow-storm in Julyp" asks a writer.
Did you ever step into a closet in
new house and find yourself in a pickle
jar down CELLAR
Mistress (severely)-1 have made
the fire and cooked the BREAKFAST
New Servant - "Well, mum, you
needn't wait for me. After this, sit
down and ate whin yez gitready."-
Life.
AS a gentleman slowly tasted his
chowder, at hotel table, he remarked;
"a like grit. A man can't be too full
of grit to suit me; but when it comes
to grit in clam chowder, can not feel
the slightest enthusiasm for TN y
Ledger.
-"What was the rush last night,
old manp You left ahead of the par
ty." "Did Ip thought / took all the
heads of the whole party with me from
the size of the one have on me this
morning. Only head? Bless yod, ]
got on full bust. "-Burdette.
81 don't see how you can get SO
much news into your paper" said the
village clergyman to the village editor,
"seeing that you have no local report
err" "Oh! that's easily explained"
replied the editor my wife belongs
to three sewing societies in the village,
and she has an excellent memory"
And That He Couldn't Help
He was youth Of high degree,
His collar monstroas tall;
He Uttered pretty little lithp,
And danced at every ball;
He ogled every girl he saw,
His nerve was mostly gall;
He had bad cold in his head,
And-that was all.
Wife" Ibid you get me those tiles
spoke about this morningP" Hus-
band-"No, l didn't. When l told
the salesman what l wanted them for
he burst out laughing" Wife--"I
don't see why; every body paints on
tiles What art store was ftp" Hus-
band" Art storeP l didn't go to an
art store, went to a hatter's. Dos.
ton Budget.
1.-Two Bohem ians are seated in a
cabaret: "Garcon, some water" cries
one of them. "Some water" ex-
claims the other. "Why, what will
you do with it?" Drink it." "You
mus. have lost your head. old man.
Why. when you only get your feet wet
YOU catch cold. Think of the conse-
quences of getting it into your stom-
achl French Fun.
Among the begging letters recent
ly received at the Office of a benevo-
lent society was one running thus;
This unfortunate young man is the
only son of a widow who died childless,
and his earnings maintain his aged ia
Their and infant brothers, whose whole
support he is" The secretary of the
bureau wrote on the margin of the
epistle the following note: The cir.
cumstances Of this case are evidently
exaggerated The Baptist Eeekas.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-06-09

The Empress Eugene, who kept
the freshness of her youth long after
youth itself had departed. is described
as a bowed. white-haired woman look.
ing far older than her sixty years.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-06-09

"A ton of mica a month is mined in
North Carolina. 1t is all used by the
stove manufacturers in the North.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-06-09
The Ace of Steel publishes = sum,

The Age Of Steel publishes y sum-
mary of the statistics collected by the
American Iron and Steel Association in
the nail trade. These statistics show
that exclusive of railroad spikes and
horseshoe nails our total production Of
cut nails and cut spikes in 1886 was
s,160.97S kegs of 100 pounds each.
against 1896. SIS kegs in 1885. 1851. S79
kegs in 1884. and 7,762.7S7 kegs in
1885. The production of 1886 was the
largest the country has ever attained.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-06-09

In Greece there are LIZ primary
schools. SO gymnasia and 200 seconds
~ schools, all public institutions.